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[Ink]

Halion: Blizzlike PvE & PvP, with loads of events and RP options
 

  It is very exciting to see such a widespread interest in Crusade Gaming’s reopening. It’s absolutely awesome to see the community being active on the forums and IRC. I hope this post can provide some answers to all the questions that have been asked so far. Furthermore, Crusade Gaming recently held its first staff meeting a few days ago, and the staff are very excited to share the results of that meeting with the community!

  
  Halion, Crusade Gaming’s next server, is currently in development. All teams have been hard at work to ensure that the server is top-notch upon release! The server will be a mix of Player versus Player (PvP) and Player versus Environment (PvE). If you are interested in strictly only playing World of Warcraft (WoW) for the PvP aspect of the game, this is the server for you. If you are interested in strictly only playing WoW for the PvE aspect of the game, then this is also the server for you. Want to do both? Well, guess what: Halion will have it.


Character Creation

  Upon character creation, you will have the option to level at a rate of your choosing (better rewards for slower leveling rates), or to boost instantly to levels 60, 70 or 80. In addition, you will have to decide on one of the two main tracks of progression; Blizzlike or PvP. If you wish to specialize in PvP, you may purchase gear that will let you hop right into the action. However, you will be locked out of level 80 raids/dungeons until you have progressed sufficiently in endgame PvP. As such, gear upgrades will have to be purchased exclusively through PvP content.  As for those of you that wish to pursue the Blizzlike track, your game experience will be completely unhindered - you may participate in PvE or PvP content as you please, getting your gear upgrades normally through things such as dungeons, raids, emblems, battlegrounds, and arenas.  Every option comes with its own unique set of pros and cons, so you better choose your path wisely!

 

Blizzlike Content
  There will not be any custom gear or other items that interfere with Blizzlike gameplay. There will not be custom raids to more easily get what you want. There will not be some easy way to immediately get the highest gear. You will have to work for your character, like on a true Blizzlike server. There should never be an enormous gear gap between old players and new players, especially in PvP. This means that there will be no more suffering for new players with starter gear! Similarly, the server will not be pay to win. Everyone will be on an equal playing field. You will not have to 'work' before you can have fun. 

 

Custom Additions
   The In-Game Events team has also been successful in creating ingenious events and rewards that will improve the overall experience. Without making the server a pure “fun-server” based on only custom content, these extra things (such as cool custom mounts and other vanity items) will provide Crusade Gaming with some extra spice to make the experience awesome for players. Blizzlike servers can quickly become boring for many people. That's why we intend to give you more fun content including, but not limited to:

• Loads of automatic events being run throughout the day, depending on server population.
• New event and vote rewards every week (on automatic rotation). Only fun and vanity items will be available through votes and events, but there will be a huge amount to choose from!
• Custom world PvP through quests and events.
• Guild leveling, including options for guild housing.
• Transmogrification, including ways to get items no longer available through Blizzlike content (as long as those items are not more powerful than existing items).
• And much more. If you have good ideas, please post them in this thread. We will read them!

When?

  Staff, as well as beta testers, have been hard at work to develop the server to make it worthy of launch. As much as we would like to release it right now, there is still quite a bit of work that is left to be done. Stay tuned - perhaps we will have an announcement about it in the near future!

[direburn]

Sounds awesome, can't wait.

[Giga]

Sounds interesting, Good luck with this.

[Aidiakapi]

Can you also choose XP rate on top of starting level?

[Hash]

Can you also choose XP rate on top of starting level?

Yes Aidiakapi. If you do choose to level, whether you start at 1, 60, or 70, you will have the option to specify your leveling rate. In fact, unlike other servers that might have this feature, you can change your leveling rate at ANY TIME you want. For instance, you may speed up the 1-20 grind, and slow down after that when you have a mount. The rewards that you receive from leveling will depend on your average overall leveling rate and your current level (more rewards for lower rates and higher levels). If you do choose to boost to a higher level, your experience for those boosted levels will be calculated as having been obtained using double the maximum possible rate (TBD). I hope this answers your question.

 

Please note that these ideas are purely conceptual right now. When we do prototype them, some details will inevitably change. Rest assured that we will keep you guys apprised throughout the development process.

[Fezzik]

Brilliant idea, well done. I look forward to this.

[Joranke]

Sounds good, keep up the good work.

[Titsgalore]

I'm ready for the action. Renovating idea

[Beny]

Sounds interesting, Good luck with this.

<3

[Rashid]

Pve and pvp on the same realm? There will be no bgs

[xSpeczzz]

Where can you download it i cant find it anywhere

 

[Rashid]

Where can you download it i cant find it anywhere

its not out yet

[jasamwolf1]

Im so lazy to level and i dont have time tho so im gonna choose highest level rate <3 <3 <3 btw great idea bros...

[Acoolername]

Bring it on!

[frob]

Good work boys and gurls

[calebwatson]

This sounds really interesting. Can't wait to give it a go

[Valiant]

I just want an instant 80 PvP, with a lot of similarities to Nefarian, but with a few modifications like you could get gear by going solo (some new concept). Custom gear (transmogification) should be available to anyone who wants it.

[Touchingyou]

Will heroic pve trinkets be available to specifically pvp players? Through arena rating possibly?

[Raven2809]

i just really wish this server can lift off and be great again it would be awesome, and btw maybe in the future considering to make a cata realm .... i mean all the cata realms ive been on are complete garbage

[d0m4]

I would like to see retail-alike Wotlk server without any custom made items .